The opportunity
Natera is seeking a Lead Bioinformatician to advance the algorithmic foundations of our diagnostic assays supporting Women’s and Organ health. This is an individual contributor role.
What you'll do
Contributed to the scientific and bioinformatics rationale of product roadmaps.
Deployment-readiness criteria for new analysis methods exist and are in use,: and you have contributed to at least one new or extended caller yourself.
You take on the bioinformatics aspects inside complex production: investigations without waiting to be assigned them.
Other groups know they can bring genomics questions about our assays to you.
Degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Human: Genetics, or a related field. We do not require a Ph.D. or M.S.: equivalent depth built through work counts fully.
+ years analyzing short-read sequencing data for screening or diagnostic: applications, preferably in a regulated, accredited, or production-adjacent setting. We count relevant experience from the point your work became substantially independent, however you got there.
What they're looking for
- Experience contributing to the bioinformatics workflows behind a sequencing assay or panel.
- Experience seeing a complex investigation through to resolution across: biological, analytical, and systems-level causes.
- Experience developing, validating, or benchmarking bioinformatics methods: (e.g. SNVs, CNVs, SVs), particularly for analytically difficult regions.
- Proficient in Python with demonstrated experience prototyping bioinformatics tools or callers.
